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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Medical Case Reports</journalTitle>
<publicationDate>2014-09-22</publicationDate>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>9</issue>
<startPage>194</startPage>
<endPage>197</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/ajmcr-2-9-8</doi>
<publisherRecordId>AJMCR2014298</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">Surrogate Request for Visual Brand Identification for a Completely Edentulous Patient with Dementia</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Khurshid Mattoo</name>
<email>drkamattoo@rediffmail.com</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Puneet Mahajan</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Nishant Gaba</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Prosthodontics, College of dental sciences, Gizan, KSA</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Prosthodontics, Subharti dental college, Meerut, India</affiliationName>

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<abstract language="eng">Aging of the brain brings decline in memory and thinking. The condition ranges from mild to severe with no clear distinct border. Waning in cognitive skills causes' functional impairment, which if neglected could lead to problems of self-feeding and self-care. Non-verbal communication is an essential component that promotes initiation of self-care. This article describes a rare case of an elderly female patient who was successfully able to remind herself about self-feeding with the help of a complete denture prosthesis that had a visual brand identifier incorporated on the occlusal surfaces of the artificial teeth.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/2/9/8/ajmcr-2-9-8.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword><b> </b>self-feeding</keyword>
<keyword>complete denture</keyword>
<keyword>occlusal surfaces</keyword>
<keyword>artificial resin teeth</keyword>
</keywords>
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